#5f5b78

Color #5f5b78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5b78

RGB

rgb(95, 91, 120)

HSL

hsl(248.3, 13.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.3, 24.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(40.03, 8.26, -15.77)

LCH

lch(40.03, 17.8, 297.64)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.0462, 290.9)

HWB

hwb(248.3, 35.7%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74785b

Analogous

#5b6678

#5f5b78

#6e5b78

Triadic

#5f5b78

#785f5b

#5b785f

Split-complementary

#5f5b78

#786e5b

#66785b

Tetradic

#5f5b78

#785b74

#74785b

#5b785f

Square

#5f5b78

#785b66

#74785b

#5b786e

Shades

Color #5f5b78 mixed toward black.

#4f4c64

#3f3d50

#302e3c

#201e28

#100f14

Tints

Color #5f5b78 mixed toward white.

#767194

#928ea9

#adaabf

#c8c6d4

#e4e3ea

Tones

Color #5f5b78 mixed toward gray.

#615e76

#636073

#646271

#66656e

#68676c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.25:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d72 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#5e5e70 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#5f6d6b · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5b78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5b78]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f5b78 (#5f5b78) is rgb(95, 91, 120) in RGB.

No, #5f5b78 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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